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both for the operation side of dpw and in general [speaker not understood] also. our performance measures were indicators, as you can see. where we are struggling the most is in the number of [speaker not understood] relinquishments, that's the red that you see. other than that, i would say the other two areas to look at are the turn around estimate times for some of our projects where last year we set goals pretty high and we have exceeded last year's goals but we haven't reached the goals that we set for ourselves. and also a number of committees, volunteer hours that we have asked a number of community groups and residents to get involved in. the other area is our response to landscaping. in 11-12 our response was 73%. we are at 80% right now, and our goal is to get to 90%. >> mr. mohammed, can you talk real quick about the red area, number of trees relinquish, we spoke about that before the hearing. maybe you can explain that in more detail. >> okay. within the city's right-of-way there's about 105,000 street trees. roughly 105,000 street trees, the department
both for the operation side of dpw and in general [speaker not understood] also. our performance measures were indicators, as you can see. where we are struggling the most is in the number of [speaker not understood] relinquishments, that's the red that you see. other than that, i would say the other two areas to look at are the turn around estimate times for some of our projects where last year we set goals pretty high and we have exceeded last year's goals but we haven't reached the goals...
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they're random green patches all over the city that are under dpw's jurisdiction. and if you don't have neighbors that are really taking care of it every day, dpw just doesn't have the resources to be out there all the time and you're more responding to particular problems there. can you just comment on the department's level of staffing and resources with respect to those two areas, cleaning crews and gardening crews? >> so, as you said, many of the medianses in the city and many of the plazas in the city have become, some by default or other way, the department of public works' responsibility. so, and many of these plazases in particular, are pretty well used and they need quite a bit of upkeep because of the use that they get. we have never really been staffed to provide that level of service for the plaza in particular and during the economic hard times, we did have -- we lost quite a number of our gardening staff that maintain many of the medians that the city has. we've been able to make up a little bit of it through our programs with volunteers and partnersh
they're random green patches all over the city that are under dpw's jurisdiction. and if you don't have neighbors that are really taking care of it every day, dpw just doesn't have the resources to be out there all the time and you're more responding to particular problems there. can you just comment on the department's level of staffing and resources with respect to those two areas, cleaning crews and gardening crews? >> so, as you said, many of the medianses in the city and many of the...
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option to expand that network to incorporate the needs of some of the public service departments like dpw, the utilities commission supports. that was an option that we explored. we came to coit and requested funding. and i'd like to go back and review the coit year, but i think it was for 10-11 to do funding for that portion of the program. at the time there were fiscal challenges and it wasn't funded at that time. it is still on the horizon as a need, but i think we've sort of laid out that the most critical need at this point is for the public safety 300 megahertz radio system and to get funding for that system. >> okay. the reason i ask these questions is four years ago i think we made a decision between dem and sfmta there was going to be some attempt at consolidation. and i appreciate a few years ago we did have budget issues, but right now given the fact that we're being asked to fund $116 million for the sfmta and then another 70 million or so for the 800 megahertz, public safety radio network, it's not clear to me that we can't build on top of the sfmta system to augment some of
option to expand that network to incorporate the needs of some of the public service departments like dpw, the utilities commission supports. that was an option that we explored. we came to coit and requested funding. and i'd like to go back and review the coit year, but i think it was for 10-11 to do funding for that portion of the program. at the time there were fiscal challenges and it wasn't funded at that time. it is still on the horizon as a need, but i think we've sort of laid out that...
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i know that department of public works is starting to use the dpw stat. i know the police department has been using compstat. i'm wondering if in the next week if there is anyway to show numbers of calls, general day to day and how we're meeting those cole. calls. and i think as technology changes, responsiveness probably is improved and even just with major housing improvements like sprinklers in the s-r-os and other major improvements, it might reduce the number of calls to certain areas of town. ~ i know some stations like 34 and the outer richmond have a specific focus and are always needed for different needs around the ocean beach area. but just knowing some of that data would be helpful in understanding your budget. but i'm wondering will we get that information as the budget goes forward? >> certainly. and we'll have some of that information for you next week in terms of call volume, area of concentration, and then the guidelines by which we're mandated to provide responses both from the fire suppression side and the emergency medical response. >>
i know that department of public works is starting to use the dpw stat. i know the police department has been using compstat. i'm wondering if in the next week if there is anyway to show numbers of calls, general day to day and how we're meeting those cole. calls. and i think as technology changes, responsiveness probably is improved and even just with major housing improvements like sprinklers in the s-r-os and other major improvements, it might reduce the number of calls to certain areas of...
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ez dpw and going over this, essentially this will expand the zone for these projects beyond just the perimeter we had for many many years. so we are likely to have many more projects that will fall into this expanded toxic area. the challenge there will be to identify when a project is in this ma har area. the project owner is going to have to then go to dph and make sure their toxicity levels in the soil and ground water meet d ph standards. dph is going to release the letter to the director of dbi so we can then actually issue whatever permit we maybe reviewing on that specific block. essentially as i understand it the process is going to continue to work as it has been working. it's just that given the building, given the mandatory soft story retrofit and how that may disturb such cubic yard soil which is a key trigger for this dph review, we are anticipating that this could increase the volume of reviews by dph significantly as well as planning and we have especially asked dph to ensure they have sufficient staffing to deal with this. the acting director has made a suggestion tha
ez dpw and going over this, essentially this will expand the zone for these projects beyond just the perimeter we had for many many years. so we are likely to have many more projects that will fall into this expanded toxic area. the challenge there will be to identify when a project is in this ma har area. the project owner is going to have to then go to dph and make sure their toxicity levels in the soil and ground water meet d ph standards. dph is going to release the letter to the director...
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know department and this is one of the drums that i beat at the board of supervisors and along with dpw with rec and park the policy makers that set the budget, the board of supervisors and the mayor for many years have not given the department the resources to maintain the properties and the department has become very resourceful and generating its own revenue and that creates controversies as we know but the department does what it needs to do. as the board of supervisors and the mayor we need to be better at giving the department the resources to maintain the properties and i put my money where my mouth is because in last month's budget add in gardeners, a crew for the department and although it was just one crew i wanted to send a message that we needed to get our act together with budgeting for rec and park and you have my commitment to support adequate funding for maintenance for all of the parks and including noe valley town square and i will continue to do that so i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you supervisor and thank you for the expression of support for the main
know department and this is one of the drums that i beat at the board of supervisors and along with dpw with rec and park the policy makers that set the budget, the board of supervisors and the mayor for many years have not given the department the resources to maintain the properties and the department has become very resourceful and generating its own revenue and that creates controversies as we know but the department does what it needs to do. as the board of supervisors and the mayor we...
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and then we do dpw graffiti abatement and overtime, and numbers for those various allocations are listed. the next one, the next slide states our -- >> chief, supervisor wiener has a question. >> thank you. welcome, chief. i have a work order question specifically about the mta. >> sure. >> work order for 14, almost $15 million. and just to be clear, that money is essential money for the police department and neither i nor anyone i know of think that that money should not go to the police department. we have to have a traffic company. these are all critical nonexpendable services. i think the big question is whether the mta should be paying for that entire amount or whether the general fund should be covering it. and understanding that it is a 0 sum game, the money has to come from somewhere to the police department. and i'm just curious if you could comment on -- and also i don't think anyone thinks that that number that the mta shouldn't pay any portion of that, but specifically as to the traffic company and some of the traffic enforcement, in terms of whether that should be coming fro
and then we do dpw graffiti abatement and overtime, and numbers for those various allocations are listed. the next one, the next slide states our -- >> chief, supervisor wiener has a question. >> thank you. welcome, chief. i have a work order question specifically about the mta. >> sure. >> work order for 14, almost $15 million. and just to be clear, that money is essential money for the police department and neither i nor anyone i know of think that that money should...